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Thursday, 13 July 2017

Nestle Chocolate Blond

I went through a stage of
absolutely adoring caramelised white chocolate a couple of years back, when
Valrhona launched their Dulcey bar, finding those sweet, almost dulce de leche
undertones blending into the white chocolate absolute heaven. It's very rare to
come across a mainstream caramelised white chocolate bar in this country, with
the nearest thing being Caramac..but I most certainly wouldn't put that under
the same umbrella. So when a friend was recently on holiday and sent me a
photograph of the chocolate shelf in the local supermarket and I spotted this
bar...well let's say I kindly asked him if he would get me one to bring back.

Like Caramac this bar is made by Nestlé but as it was a special edition
bar I was hoping that it would be a bit more special and have more of those
caramelised flavours that I look for. Described as "a delicious sweet
caramelised flavor with a creamy texture and a soft golden color" I was
really hoping it was going to live up to my expectations.

Unwrapping it I was immediately pleased, the colour was much darker than
Caramac, suggesting a deeper, caramelised flavour with a much stronger caramel
and toffee aroma.
This most definitely came through on the eat, it was so much better than
Caramac and much more akin to the caramelised white chocolate bars I've tried
in the past.

It's sweet, no doubt about that, but it has a wonderful caramelised flavour,
reminiscent of dulce de leche. You can tell that it's meant to be caramelised
as opposed to just caramel as it has that slight bitter back note to it and a
deeper, stronger flavour.

The melt was smooth and easy to eat, melting easily in the mouth to unleash
it's caramelised flavours. I was pretty impressed for a mainstream bar, I just
wish Nestlé in the UK would replace Caramac with this as it's infinitely
better. I'm really wishing I'd asked for more than just one bar...